Apple: IPhone 4S Sales Topped 4 Million In First Weekend

Apple launched its new iPhone 4S on Friday, October 14, and already the phone is a blockbuster.

The company announced on Monday, October 17, that customers bought over 4 million units during the handset's first weekend in stores.

"iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, according to a company press release.

According to the Washington Post, carriers were also feeling the love on the day the new iPhone launched. AT&T said it "activated a record number of iPhones" on Friday, and Sprint claimed "its best ever day of sales in retail, web and telesales for a device family in Sprint history," wrote the Post.